Six investors have shown interest in the privatization of the cargo unit of Bulgarian State Railways (BDZ) company, according to Emil Karanikolov, Executive Director of the Privatization and Post-Privatization Control Agency (PPCA).

The 2 edition of the International Dismissal Survey of Deloitte has indicated that Bulgarian legislation is more similar to the legal regimes in Central and Eastern Europe than to Western Europe in terms of the strictness of dismissal regulations.

Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov has assured that Biser Dachev, head of Bulgaria's Executive Forest Agency, will be dismissed over the body's failure to react to tip-offs about irregularities with protected areas.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov has suggested that the director of the Executive Forest Agency could be dismissed by the end of the day in connection with the scandal over a construction permit for a protected area.

Legal amendments are to be tabled to lead to a full ban on construction activities in Bulgaria on plots listed as sand dunes, the Minister of Regional Development and Public Works, Lilyana Pavlova, confirmed Monday.

Bulgaria and its cancer patients mark January 7 one year since the death of Teodora Zaharieva, the first Bulgarian who dared to wage a battle against the apathy and carelessness of the state towards cancer patients.

Andy Murray fought off the tears to claim victory in the final of the Brisbane International over Bulgaria's great young star Grigor Dimitrov, following the news that one of his best friends has been diagnosed with a form of cancer.

In 2012, Bulgaria's own Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, who has been claiming for two years that crime is under control and largely neutralized, suddenly described the country as an "oasis for organized crime".